Match Peanut Butter
Benjamin Moore Peanut Butter is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 31. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.


With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Italian Saffron the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.


With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



RAL 290-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



At LRV 44 vs 31, Pastel yellow is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 10.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



India Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.



With LRVs of 34 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.



Peanut Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

Emperor reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.


At LRV 31 vs 19, Peanut Butter is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 33 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 18.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.


A 6-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Masala the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 20.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.

